In Memory of Mae Ward, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Member, Sept. 16, 1920

The subject of this sketch is Sister Mae Ward, a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist church, Watauga county, N.C. since October 1913 she has lived a true christian life, up to July 30th, when the Lord in His all-wise providence sent the death angel to remove her from her husband and little children, to take her to the home eternal, where death is a stranger. We saw our sister and the smile on her face when she met her Lord in the conversion of her soul. Now, she said, "I can go and see mother" who had passed on before. Mae was one whom everybody loved, and will be sadly missed in the community, church and home. But stop, and let us see the bright side of the life beyond, and remember the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. We are told that while death was making its inroads on her body and loved ones were singing around her bed, that she joined in the chorus and exclaimed "I am ready to go." and with this faith in her death, we commend husband and children to God who death (does?) all things well. J.R. Isaacs, Mrs. John H. Mast, Mrs. A.L. Wilson (From the front page of the Watauga Democrat, Boone, N.C., Thursday, September 16, 1920)